Book info

• Title The Sentinel
• Author Lee Child
• Year 2020
• Genre Thriller

Jack Reacher hitches a ride to a sleepy no-name town outside Nashville, Tennessee. He plans to grab a cup of coffee and move right along. Not going to happen. The town has been shut down by a cyber attack. At the centre of it all, whether he likes it or not, is Rusty Rutherford. He's an average IT guy, but he knows more than he thinks. As the bad guys move in on Rusty, Reacher moves in on them... And now Rusty knows he's protected, he's never going to leave the big man's side. Reacher might just have to stick around and find out what the hell's gone wrong... and then put it right, like only he can.

Thoughts

This is the first book where Andrew Child gets involved in the writing, and you can almost immediately feel a bit of a refresh, a new lease of life. However, Jack Reacher is barely in touch with what’s going on as a cyber attack hits a city. Of course there’s more going on behind it, and he gets dragged into the bigger plot, but it’s fun to see him barely understand the technology being discussed. There’s potentially a bit more talking than action which takes away from it a little bit but ultimately it’s the same old Reacher saving the day in impressive style.

Rating: 3 / 5